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"If a young boy like Marcus, all of a sudden, jumps onto the scene at 18, he has all these things going on/ The analysis work you have got to do, watching videos, you have to do your recovery with the sports science team. It's about how to cope with down time too as there is a lot of travelling and time spent in hotels. It's about having a coping mechanism. It is all new to them and it can be eye-opening. It's hard enough purely at the first-team football level but they've got all this stuff they have got to deal with. They must get their mind in gear as well and it's hard. They need to do little bits along the way so by the time they do get in the first team, it's all higher up. But the more they get into it, the impact and input of different aspects of the club, makes the transition a lot easier. It's always great seeing a youngster come through the Academy and make his debut. But it's just the start for them. The easy part is getting there, the hard part is staying there."

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"You can sit here and say that our [Class of 92] time is over but also I think if you look at the lads that are still playing in the first team - McTominay, Rashford and Lingard - and the record that's been broken of consecutive games for youth-team players [80 years of having a homegrown product in the matchday squad].

"It's important that United continue to tell the story of youth and particularly during a time when it's more difficult for young players to break into the first team. I don't think we should let the candle burn out because ultimately you need to keep reminding people of the importance of producing young players and local players who love the club and have grown up loving the club.

"Whether it's us or it's even Tottenham, and you respect what they're doing at the moment, or Southampton or other clubs who are producing a lot of young players. It's fantastic to see and the fans can really connect with them."

"The Academy for us [Class of 92] was special at United,"

"When you look back at obviously the Busby Babes and, when we were growing up, Norman Whiteside and Mark Hughes came through. And some of the greatest players United have ever had like Sir Bobby Charlton.

"You're referring back to history all the time and it's the feeling of the blazer, being with the youth team, the Busby Babes were wearing the blazer and the first team still do it. The staff do and it's the history, principles and values that will never change.

"The Cliff is a special place because of that as well. Also the coaches were brilliant, brilliant coaches - Nobby Stiles, Eric Harrison and Brian Kidd."

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"The ambition of everybody here is to make the first team. That is what we all want to do.

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"It is a step up [in the Reserves],"

"But I'm feeling good. It's a hard competition to play against first-team players but also against young players. It's a bit of both. You can play against players with a lot of experience in the first team and can then play against youngsters. That's why I like it - you can play against anyone."

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"I think it's a big ambition to play for Belgium. I played in the Under-17 European Championship two years ago and hope we can go to the Euros again. The qualification games are this month and only eight teams go to the finals.

"It's very good with Belgium as the people are very friendly. It's a good team and we always want to play nice football but they're very humble too, which I like. Next year, the senior team have a big chance to win the World Cup, I'm sure. This year, they're stronger than they were in the Euros."

"I don’t want to be the one that breaks that and I think the next United manager – it doesn’t matter when he comes – should also try not to break it. It is more difficult now than it was before, but I think it is good. I feel it like a way to keep a certain identity of the club. To keep that identity means, basically, we should bring a new player from the academy every season. You can bring someone to play 10 minutes, then the player disappears and then you can say, ‘Oh, 40 players have their debut with me’. But none of them are important. I think what is happening with Lingard and Rashford is now happening with Scott McTominay… because he is not going to leave the club any more.To follow a certain pathway is important. I am doing it with McTominay. Mr Van Gaal had the start of Rashford, I am having it with Scott McTominay and, next year, there should be another.”

“After getting the promotion and my medal, I want to go back to United and be a real contender for my place. I believe it is my home. I want to be playing there for ten to 15 years. That is my motivation. This is my chance to demonstrate what I can do on the pitch. If I can break into the team at Villa, I can show I am a man, who can play men’s football and do well. I want to show the qualities I know I have got, to prove I can do it. From the back of last season when I played a few Premier League games, I feel like I am ready for the next stage. It is not like I am a young boy anymore, looking to please. I am here to fight, here to play and help the team win promotion.”

"There's a number of different boys in the younger ages groups. But I feel like Angel and Chongy have got great potential and hopefully one day will be in the first-team and training with us regularly and getting as much game-time as they possibly can."

“Scotty has done great. The improvement has been so great over the last six to 12 months, when we’ve seen him training with us a lot more. You can see that he steps up to every challenge that has been set in every environment. He is an athlete. He is strong, quick and very good on the ball. He has got all of the attributes to have a really good career. He just needs those breaks at the right times, which so far he has had. Hopefully he will keep taking his chances. He is willing to learn and listen. That is one of the biggest things for a young lad, to have that attitude. Of course I am here to help him and I try to do it as much as I can. I know he will take my place some day and that is not something I would be afraid of, or try to put him off, because it is important to help the future and Scott is definitely that. It is my responsibility to do all I can to help him. It is something I really enjoy, to see the younger lads coming in and getting a chance. Whether it be in my position or not, it’s how the game goes and how the club evolves.”

“Scotty was coming through the youth teams and Reserves, and he had different growth spurts to the other lads his age. He shot up and found it difficult for a bit of time, and then all of a sudden, at 19 to 21, he has blossomed and started to fulfil his potential. It can be late and that’s how it works. You don’t know at 16, 17 or 18 how you will be in the first team. Scott is a great example of that and Jesse was similar. That is the beauty of this place, the young lads are given a chance to develop at their own speed and when they are ready they can step up. Scotty has done that this season.”

"I think they can deal with it. Demi is showing that in the last four or five games, where he has come in there and it's not a big step up for him. No disrespect to Scottish football, but I think he has gone in there and dealt with it. Matty is at St Johnstone and Charlie's with Hamilton and it will change how we see them playing. It's about how Craig Levein at Hearts sees how Demi plays and how he follows the path Craig wants him to play. I spoke to Demi and he loves it. He's playing first-team football and is doing extremely well. So there has been this raid over the border all of a sudden and, from their point of view, it is great progression for them and their footballing experience."